help, my problem is this:i just went out and got a d-link DWA-110 usb wireles usb adapter, got home yesterday, installed it, and what do you know it worked perfectly. so the comp i just pluged it into hadnt been on the net for some time, did an auto update, it included windows XP SP3 as it was only running XP SP2.after the reboot from installing SP3 i cant use the net through the wifi, it conects and says its working, but i cant acess the network or the net. i used to see the other comps on the network and have access to them, but now nothing, i try click on "view workgroup computers" and get the msg: "MShome is not accesible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. the list of servers for this workgroup is currently unavailble."any help would be great.thanks in advancejohn

Hi John, so if you get up a CMD prompt (command window) and type "IPCONFIG" whats the response. What I am trying to see is does the WiFi interface pickup a IP address from your AP/Route and associated gateway address. Oh and whats the WiFi AP in your network, presumably your ADSL modem with builtin WiFi AP, so whats its brand/model.

hey
yeah it is a 3COM 3CRWE754G72-A.I have 3 computers conected via Ethernet, and the 4th which i am having trouble with via Wifi.(2 computers share one port on router via a 5 port switch in the study )

if you get up a CMD prompt (command window) and type "IPCONFIG" whats the response: i get the following, IP addy: 192.168.1.5Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

hey there guys,i just reinstalled using the latest drivers/ install off the d-link website,and i have the same story as before with the firewall turned om.but if i turn the firewall off i can access the internet, but still not any computers on the network, i get the same error msg when i try and see what workgroup computers are on the network.any more ideas?

Are all computers set to use the same workgroup name, ie HOME or MYNETWORK or WORKGROUP

After connecting "everything" up and switching on, how long have you waited before trying to see whether computers can "see each other" on the network (Windows can take a while to recognise network changes).

yeah the two comps im really trying to acces between are both on MSHOME,with the firewall turned off, my main comp see and access the 2nd comp running on the wifi, but the 2nd comp cant see it or acces any shared docs, it says workgroup MSHOME no longer exsists???

ok, thanks for the help guys,I gave the comp another GB of ram and that has made a big difference on progress.Also used the d-link software to conect this time rather than the widows zero wireless set up thing.I turned the firewall off and on a few times, run the network wizard on both computers once more to triple check same workgroup.It was working perfectly with the firewall turned off, and then all of a suden windows turned on the firewall (i dont know how/why?) and it is still working,

so hopefully i will shut it all done later on tonight and try again tomorrow to see if everything as it should be.

thanks again

John

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